These six stories investigate characters who must
begin to understand their own actions, which are often
made in response to authority. In the lives of these
characters, there are schemas which they believe they
fit, certain rules placed on them by society that they
each feel they must obey. It...
Viruses or viruslike particles of eukaryotic algae are ubiquitous in aquatic
habitats, however, suprisingly little is known about them. The research presented here
focused on one such virus which infects a multicellular filamentous brown alga of the
genus Feldmannia. Although preliminary studies had been performed on the genome
structure of...
Properly functioning riparian systems are vital to the health of watersheds and provide an important forage and habitat resource for livestock and wildlife. Riparian grazing management strategies that are economically feasible and achieve environmental goals are needed by resource managers and livestock producers. The objective of this thesis was to...